WSL Arsenal team news: Agyemang, Haley, Kafaji and Rayner ruled out

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Albion head into Sunday's game sat sixth in the WSL table.

Charlie Hanson

2025-10-10T15:00+01:00

Rosa Kafaji is ineligible to face Albion this weekend. 📷 by Kyle Hemsley.

Albion head to the Emirates on Sunday as they take on Arsenal in the WSL, kick-off 2.30pm.

Team news

Michelle Agyemang is on her second season-long loan with Albion from Arsenal. 📷 by Kyle Hemsley.

On loan Michelle Agyemang and Rosa Kafaji are ineligible to face their parent club this Sunday, while Madison Haley remains out through injury.

Dario Vidosic also confirmed that Bex Rayner will miss the game following an injury she picked up in Wednesday’s defeat to West Ham.

“Bex has suffered an injury that forced her off during the midweek game, it doesn't look too good, unfortunately,” the Australian said in his press conference on Friday. “She's going to have another assessment with a specialist on Tuesday and we'll know more from there.”

Dario’s thoughts

On facing Arsenal at the Emirates, “I’m not sure what the expected crowd is, but I imagine it's going to be around 30,000 based on last time when we played at the Emirates. That's something to be excited about. I'm excited.

“It's a big stage and I think that's what you dream of – maybe not as a manager, because as a kid I wasn’t dreaming of being a manager! But as a player that's what you dream of. That's what you want. Those big crowds, big stadiums, big games. There's no reason to fear anything. There's no reason to fear the pressure. This is a day to go out and enjoy.

“Our fans will be there with us. We're very thankful for the support, especially the away support. We look forward to hopefully making you guys very happy like we did last time when we battled against Arsenal. But most importantly we will go out there, we will look them in the eyes and we will play our football.”

Their last line-up

🔴 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠𝙉𝙀𝙒𝙎 ⚪️

💪 Hinds and Fox start
🫡 Little with the armband
⚡️ Kelly on the wing

Let’s start as we mean to go on - COYG! 👊
— Arsenal Women (@ArsenalWFC) October 7, 2025

Despite taking the lead in their Champions League match against Lyon in midweek, the Gunners slipped to a 2-1 defeat to the French side.

Match stats

Arsenal won each of their first 13 WSL meetings with Brighton and Hove Albion by an aggregate score of 49-2, but were beaten 4-2 in their most recent game against the Seagulls on the penultimate day of last season.

Brighton and Hove Albion have lost each of their seven away games against Arsenal in the WSL, conceding 26 goals; among sides to visit the Gunners as often in the competition, only Reading (3.9) average more goals conceded per game than the Seagulls (3.7).

Arsenal have failed to win each of their last three league games (D2 L1), and the Gunners have only once before gone four without victory in the same WSL campaign, failing to win their first four of the 2014 season (D1 L3).

Brighton and Hove Albion have lost 10 of their 13 away games in the WSL since the beginning of last season (W3), with no team suffering more top-flight defeats on their travels in that period.

For the second consecutive season Arsenal have registered just eight points from their opening five WSL games (W2 D2 L1 in both) – only in 2014 (4) have won they won fewer than nine points from their first six matches of a campaign (won nine in 2024-25).

Only Everton (25y 139d) and Chelsea (25y 295d) have named a younger average starting lineup than Brighton and Hove Albion (25y 329d) in the WSL this season, with the Seagulls also making the joint-fewest number of changes to their starting XI per game (1.2).

Since the start of April, only West Ham United (24) have conceded more goals in the Women’s Super League than Arsenal (19) – the Gunners have now conceded three or more goals in six different WSL games under Renee Slegers (23 games), only doing so more times in the competition under Pedro Martinez Losa (7 in 44 games).

Since she made her WSL debut for Arsenal back in February, only two players (minimum 500 minutes) have a better minutes per goal or assist rate in the competition than Chloe Kelly (91 – 4 goals, 3 assists in 637 minutes).

Brighton and Hove Albion goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie has made the most saves in the WSL so far this season (22), while only Aston Villa’s Sabrina D'Angelo (91%) and Manchester United’s Phallon Tullis-Joyce (86%) have a better save rate than the Nigerian (85%).

In 2025, Arsenal’s Mariona Caldentey has been directly involved in more goals in the Women’s Super League than any other player (15 – 9 goals, 6 assists) – in that period she has scored or assisted in 12 of 17 league appearances for the Gunners.

Match officials